The Times DNS records have been altered, and now point to an Australian hosting company, Melbourne IT. In addition, Twitter’s DNS records appear to also have been altered, although Twitter’s service does not seem to be affected for the time being. Twitter did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment. The SEA claimedresponsibility for both hacks on Twitter—noting that it had also targeted Huffingtonpost.co.uk.

Marc Frons, chief information officer for The New York Times Company, issued a statement at 4:20 p.m. warning employees that the disruption — which appeared to still be affecting the Web site more than two hours later — was the result of an external attack by “the Syrian Electronic Army or someone trying very hard to be them.” He advised employees to “be careful when sending e-mail communications until this situation is resolved.”